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JAMB subject combination for Banking and Finance

Checked against JAMB's brochure on 9 October 2026. Faculty in the brochure: Administration.

Good to know: Two rows in the JAMB brochure differ for Banking and Finance. Mathematics, Economics and Government or Geography meets both.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Banking and Finance

You write four subjects in the UTME. Use of English is compulsory for every course.

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Mathematics
  3. 3Economics
  4. 4Government or Geography

In plain words: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and either Government or Geography.

Mathematics, Economics, plus any one (1) of Government and Geography.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Mathematics and three other subjects (include Economics - most schools ask for it). More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics and three other subjects (include Economics - most schools ask for it).

Five (5) SSC credit passes to include: English Language, Mathematics and any other subjects. For NBC, the other two (2) relevant subjects could be from any of the following; Accounting, Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice and Economics.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • University of Ibadan: All candidates need at least five SSC credit passes at ONE sitting, including English Language and Mathematics, except where otherwise stated.
  • University of Abuja: Credit passes in English Language and Mathematics are required for all programmes; an ordinary pass in Mathematics may be accepted for Law and all Arts programmes.
  • Delta State University, Abraka: Five O'level credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.

Direct Entry

Two 'A' Level passes chosen from Accounting, Economics, Management, Mathematics, Geography and Statistics (the brochure's Social Sciences section: two 'A' Level passes in Accounting or Economics plus one other; NCE merit; ND credit; or ICAN/ACCA/ICMA/GPFA foundation).

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Banking and Finance students

Practise the UTME subjects for Banking and Finance. Each page has ten questions with answers and explanations; the rest are in the app.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 144 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Benin, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, University of Port Harcourt, Lagos State University, University of Calabar, University of Jos, University of Uyo, Bayero University Kano, University of Maiduguri, University of Abuja, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ekiti State University, Delta State University, Abraka, Rivers State University, Osun State University, Kwara State University, Niger Delta University, Covenant University, Babcock University.

Banking and Finance at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: same as in Business Administration: Mathematics, Economics and any one (1) subject from Science, Social Science or Arts (live brochure entry says the same)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) of Government, Geography, Commerce, Financial Accounting, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Business Management and Book Keeping; one sitting

Banking and Finance at UI

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any of Commerce, Business Studies, Principles of Accounting, Marketing, Geography and Government
  • O'level: five credits at one sitting including English Language and Mathematics (all UI programmes)

Banking and Finance at UNN

  • UTME subjects: Mathematics, Economics, plus any Social Science subject (OOU live: English Language, Mathematics and two other social science subjects)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics and any other relevant subjects (NBC: from Accounting, Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice and Economics)

Banking and Finance at ABU

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics or Commerce and any Management or Social Science subject

Banking and Finance at UNIBEN

  • UTME subjects: require Economics, Mathematics and any other subject

Banking and Finance at UNIZIK

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry: Mathematics, Economics, plus any other Arts or Social Science subject

Banking and Finance at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Economics and any other subject from Government/History, Geography, Commerce, Literature in English, CRK/IRK, Accounting (Financial/Business), Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) from Government/History, Geography, Commerce, Literature in English, CRK/IRK, Accounting, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics

Banking and Finance at LASU

  • UTME subjects: requires Economics and one of Government or Geography (live brochure: 'English Language, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject')

Banking and Finance at UNIMAID

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, any of Principles of Accounting/Commerce/Economics and any other Social Science subject

Banking and Finance at UNIABUJA

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Economics/Commerce, and any other subject

Other schools have their own rules too. Requirements differ between schools and can change each year. Before you register, check your chosen school's entry in the official JAMB brochure on ibass.jamb.gov.ng (Brochure, then View by institution) and the school's own admission notice.

From JAMB's brochure, checked 9 October 2026. How we check these figures

Practise these subjects

Past questions with answers and full JAMB mock exams for your UTME subjects, in the Skolra app.